Category: Cyber

  • The PCI Security Standards Council has released guidance (PDF) to businesses to show them how to use penetration testing to identify network vulnerabilities that could be exploited for malicious activity. [tbusinessnet.com, bankinfosecurity.com, news.google.com] There is also a discussion thread over on SANS.org Forums.

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  • A detailed conference report of the sessions attended has been posted: DEFCON22 (PDF). In addition, here is a summary of DEFCON 22 related news articles of potential interest: Founder of America’s Biggest Hacker Conference: ‘We Understand the Threat Now’ [Time] Black Hat, Defcon Conferences: From Hackers to Pwnie Awards [eweek] DEFCON's…

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  • I recently picked up via Craigslist a "new in the box" Asus C720-2802 Chromebook to use as my new primary system for TechNewsRadio.com.  The main reason was that DEFCON22 is coming up soon in Las Vegas and I needed a "relatively" secure system to attend sessions and take notes for ~8…

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